speech by Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. president national security adviser, delivered on Friday, October 14, 2011, in Normandy, France, during the award of Tocqueville Prize given to him by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of Jury du Prix Tocqueville.

Thousands of U.S. military veterans are heeding the rallying cry of Occupy Wall Street, saying corporate contractors in Iraq made big money while the troops defending them came home - and can't make a living now.

"For too long, our voices have been silenced, suppressed and ignored in favor of the voices of Wall Street and the banks and the corporations," said Joseph Carter, a 27-year-old Iraq war veteran who marched Wednesday to Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the movement that has spread worldwide.

ABN AMRO, which was nationalized in the 2008 financial crisis, is shedding 2,350 jobs or some 9 percent of its workforce, while Rabobank has announced plans to cut more than 1,200 jobs at its Dutch headquarters or 6 pct of staff jobs.